{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-227.53","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 227.53","heading":"ISSUING RECEIPT NOT SHOWING OPERATOR OWNS GOODS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Elements of crime.\nIf:\n(1) a warehouse operator owns goods solely, jointly, or in common with others;\n(2) the goods are deposited with or held by the warehouse operator;\n(3) the warehouse operator or an officer, agent, or employee of the warehouse operator issues or helps to issue a negotiable receipt for the goods;\n(4) the receipt does not show the warehouse operator's ownership interest; and\n(5) the issuer or helper knows of the warehouse operator's ownership interest;\nthen the issuer or helper is guilty of a crime.\nSubd. 2. Penalty.\nWhoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.","path":["FARM PRODUCTS, COMMERCIAL PRACTICES","CHAPTER 227. CRIMES INVOLVING WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/227.53","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:37Z","sha256":"7396c3b62f4cb955faaafbc8d4d3460db13589a2ca261f97070db299ef21987a","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-227.52","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-227.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}